Palos Heights, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Palos Community Hospital
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, IL 60463 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was staff Nurse in hospitals, general medical and surgical.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Palos Community Hospital
- Street
- 12251 S 80th Avenue
- City
- Palos Heights
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60463
- On-site location
- Other Building NM Palos Emergency Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
I was administering an insulin pen shot.
What happened
After administering insulin to the patient via insulin pen the cap with the sharp came off as I was taking off my glove and it stuck my left ring finger.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration Puncture Hands Wrist
Object or substance involved
Patient 's used insulin pen
Summary line
After administering insulin to the patient via insulin pen the cap with the sharp came off as I was taking off my glove and it stuck my left ring finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Nurse
- SOC code
- 29-1141 — Registered Nurses
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3383
- Total hours worked
- 3748953
- Establishment ID
- 904634
- Employer case #
- 54218
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 18FEB26:21:19:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.